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Enigmatic fossils of a juvenile Centrosaurus coupled with mineral deposits and what is probably a chimera of mammal and elasmobranch chondrichthian have yet to be satisfactorily explained.
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Well, Monoclonius reminds me of dinoriders mostly because the dino-riders monoclonius was so memorable. Also, my first childhood dinosaur books usually featured monoclonius, I assume this was at the time that centrosaurus was considered a junior synonym.
I was fascinated later by it, as I grew up, because if it was a valid taxon, it is extremely un-adorned. Was it perhaps a neotenic ceratopsian? We now have tatankaceratops, which could be considered to trike what monoclonius is to centrosaurus, maybe isolated dwarfed populations of ceratopsians could have ended up like this. I think some study of centrosaurus bonebed material should be undertaken to find out if the juveniles of the same size look anything like mono. I am still hoping against hope that mono is a valid taxon, just a plain lookin guy with that adorable hooked nose horn.
I was fascinated later by it, as I grew up, because if it was a valid taxon, it is extremely un-adorned. Was it perhaps a neotenic ceratopsian? We now have tatankaceratops, which could be considered to trike what monoclonius is to centrosaurus, maybe isolated dwarfed populations of ceratopsians could have ended up like this. I think some study of centrosaurus bonebed material should be undertaken to find out if the juveniles of the same size look anything like mono. I am still hoping against hope that mono is a valid taxon, just a plain lookin guy with that adorable hooked nose horn.
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